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Abbey Stegenga/South Dakota News Watch MIDLAND, S.D. — No neighboring state is as liberal as South Dakota when it comes to traveling with loaded guns and hunting on, along or over roads. Despite accidents in [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch South Dakotans who rely on food stamps missed out on $100 million for groceries because the state declared an end to the COVID-19 emergency while federal funding was [Read More…]

Jared Strong/South Dakota Searchlight Navigator CO2 wants to suspend its pipeline permit process in Iowa until utility regulators in Illinois approve the project, according to a motion it filed in Iowa. The company wants to [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight A federal report says at least $36 million in unemployment benefits were wrongfully distributed to South Dakotans, fraudulently or mistakenly, from March 2020 to March 2023. The state has recovered a third of [Read More…]

PHOENIX (AP) — Entrances to national parks will be blocked and thousands of park rangers will be furloughed if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement this weekend, the Department of Interior said Friday. The stance is a [Read More…]

South Dakota cowboys and cowgirls rounded up a herd of more than 1,500 bison Friday as part of an annual effort to maintain the health of the species, which has rebounded from near-extinction. Visitors from across the world [Read More…]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Supporters of a proposed ballot measure for congressional age limits in North Dakota are suing to be able to use out-of-state petition circulators to gather signatures. The initiative’s push comes amid [Read More…]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — As Nebraska’s new law restricting gender-affirming care for minors goes into effect this weekend, families with transgender children and the doctors who treat them are steeling themselves for change. But exactly what and how much [Read More…]

The latest report from the US Department of Agriculture brings good news for corn and soybean producers in South Dakota. The report indicates that the state is surpassing its average production levels. Approximately 45% of [Read More…]

A cannabis reform group is contesting the approval of a ballot question petition by the Secretary of State, alleging that it violates the law. The petition seeks to repeal the state’s medical marijuana program but [Read More…]

The State Department of Health is set to open applications for the State Loan Repayment Program on October 2nd. This program aims to enhance healthcare access in underserved communities by attracting and retaining healthcare providers. [Read More…]

Inmates Lester M. Monroe, aged 48, and Kyle L. Jones, aged 30, have been indicted on charges, including Attempted First Degree Murder, following their attack on correctional officers at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls. [Read More…]

The Buffalo Wild Wings location near the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, which closed in March 2020 due to the pandemic, has been repurposed into “The Den.” The decision not to renew the [Read More…]

South Dakota has posted impressive economic growth in the first quarter of the year, with a 10.1 percent annualized growth rate, far exceeding the national average of 2 percent. This exceptional growth is attributed primarily [Read More…]

(Samantha Dietel/South Dakota Searchlight) WASHINGTON — U.S. senators said during a Wednesday hearing that foreign ownership of U.S. farmland is a national security threat that should be further examined. The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Health has been granted $1.25 million to establish an Alzheimer’s and Dementia prevention program aimed at raising public awareness and combating the stigma associated with these conditions. The initiative seeks [Read More…]

(Amanda Hernández/South Dakota Searchlight) Max Gruver spent the early morning hours of Sept. 14, 2017, heavily intoxicated and passed out on a couch inside the Phi Delta Theta chapter house at Louisiana State University. He [Read More…]

Trevor Harrison of Yankton has been sentenced to 85 years in prison, with 20 years suspended, for pleading guilty to First Degree Manslaughter in the 2022 shooting death of his former girlfriend. Attorney General Marty [Read More…]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An estimated $850 million Powerball jackpot will be up for grabs Wednesday night for players willing to risk a couple dollars and brave incredibly long odds. The jackpot is the [Read More…]

20-year-old Cody Auch of Yankton faces criminal charges, including first-degree manslaughter, following a fatal shooting in an apartment. The incident occurred on September 24 when police were called to the Avera Emergency Department after a [Read More…]